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Diet and Low-Carb News

Carb-Rich Diets Increase Risks of Breast
Cancer.

Carbohydrates have been taking a beating for their putative
effect on the waistline in recent years due to the surge of
low-carb diets such as the Atkins diet.. Now they're coming
under fire for potentially putting women at an increased risk
of breast cancer.

A study of 1,866 Mexican women has found that those who
obtained more than 62 percent of their calories from carbs
were more than twice as likely to develop breast cancer
compared to women whose carb intake accounted for 52 percent
or less of their diet. "The main carbohydrates these women ate
were ... continue...

Study: All Calories Are Not Created
Equal. Low-Carbohydrate Diets Have Metabolic Edge

Scientists may be close to finding out why low-carb diets, such as the Atkins diet, are more effective than low-calorie diets. In a paper published last week in the Nutrition Journal,
researchers from SUNY Downstate Medical Center show that
low-carbohydrate, high-protein diets can be expected to be
more effective for weight loss than low-fat diets. Their
supposition goes against long standing prejudices of the
nutritional community which for years have claimed that only
calories count in the battle to lose weight."There are
numerous examples of low-carbohydrate diets being more
effective than low-fat diets with the same number of calories. continue...

Dr. Robert C.
Atkins (1930-2003)

Atkins Diet Vindicated

April 17, 2003, A year after science proved him right, Dr.
Robert C. Atkins passes away

Dr. Atkins endured ridicule since the 70's, when he first
published Dr. Atkins Diet Revolution. This lone cardiologist
stood up against the medical establishment by warning us of
the dangers of sugar and carbs. He was called unflattering
names by his peers and brought up before a senate committee,
but nothing deterred him. Thirty years later, he was proven
right. The only consolation to those who love him is that he
passed away having had the last laugh, saying "I told you
so." Paying our respects..
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May 21, 2003, Two new studies published in the
New England Journal of Medicine

NEW ORLEANS (AP) A month after Dr. Robert C.
Atkins' death, his much-ridiculed diet has received its most powerful
scientific support yet: Two studies in one of medicine's most
distinguished journals show it really does help people lose weight
faster without raising their cholesterol.

The research, in Thursday's New England Journal of
Medicine, found that people on the high-protein, high-fat,
low-carbohydrate Atkins diet lose twice as much weight over six months
as those on the standard low-fat diet recommended by most major health
organizations. continue...

Atkins Diet Challenge

Atkins Diet: Latest Book

February 13, 2003, New research on Atkins diet
challenges 30 years of nutritional dogma

Is it just possible Dr. Robert Atkins was right?
That his high-fat, low-carb plan, ridiculed for 30 years as dangerous
nonsense, actually is a good, safe way to lose weight? The dietary
elite are not ready to change their collective mind, but a half-dozen
or so new studies have taken an objective look at the presumed evils of
Atkins, , and the results have been little short of astonishing: people
on the Atkins diet lose more... continue...

March, 2003: Latest Atkins Diet book: Atkins
for Life.

Dr. Atkins' latest book complements the previous
"Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution" bestseller. Whether you've lost
weight doing the Atkins diet and want to make your success permanent or
you're new to Atkins and are concerned about your health and weight
control, Atkins for Life is for you. Filled with advice and tips on
navigating the everyday.. .continue...

NYT Article Pro-Atkins Diet

Atkins Diet Healthy & Effective

July, 2002: What if It's All Been a Big Fat Lie?

Gary Taubes questions whether the Atkins Diet and
Low-Carb Plans have been right all along. "I have been
impressed,’’ he said, ‘‘with the anger of academicians in the audience.
Their response is ‘How dare you even present data on the Atkins diet!’
’’ "In all five studies, cholesterol levels improved similarly with
both diets, but triglyceride levels were considerably lower with the
Atkins diet" continue...

July, 2002, Duke University Research on the
Atkins Diet

DURHAM, N.C. – The high-protein, low-carbohydrate
diet popularized by Dr. Robert Atkins Diet Revolution has been the
subject of heated debate in medical circles for three decades. Now,
preliminary research findings at Duke University Medical Center show
that a low-carbohydrate diet such as the Atkins Diet can indeed lead to
significant and sustained weight loss. .... patients’ cholesterol
levels improved by the end of six months continue...

In a study sited as "proof" of how unhealthy the
Atkins Diet, Protein Power and low-carb diets are in the long-term, the
author of "High-Fibre Fitness" Leads a "research"
team in a study published by the Journal of the American College
of Nutrition. Instead of using clinical data, the research
employed computer software simulation to "prove" that low-carb diets
are not healthy, .... continue...

San Diego, 2002 is the First Annual Nutrition
Week, February 23 - 27 by the NAASO.Four new clinical studies presented in
favour of the Atkins Diet and Low-Carb diets. Researchers concluded
that the Atkins Diet produced favorable effects on weight, HDL,
triglycerides, and ...continue...

NEW YORK, March 21, 2001
/PRNewswire/ -- The American Heart Association's announcement to issue
a position paper against high-protein, low carbohydrate diets, such as
the Atkins Diet and Protein Power, seems to have sidelined
state-of-the-art science and has done nothing but further confuse the
American public.
In response to ...."continue...

The Atkins Diet Center for Complementary
Medicine's Experts Available to Offer Solutions to the Diabetes Epidemic

NEW YORK, Aug. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Today's warning
from the Centers for Disease Control about the snowballing diabetes
epidemic is old news at The Atkins Diet Center for Complementary
Medicine, where clinicians have been reversing and preventing Type 2
diabetes with drug-free protocols for many years through low
carbohydrate diet programs. continue...

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